AprilDECEMBER | Vol 2016-2017: | Vol 2016-2017: Issue 08 Issue 04 www.bostoncameraclub.org Welcome to our NEW MEMBERS in March 2017: Linda Ellis; Kenneth Sutton. We look forward to seeing you at upcoming meetings (if we haven’t already)! Image © Erik Gehring. April 2017: Program Calendar Apr. 4 Latimer Print Competition with Bruce Myren Apr. 11 Model Studio Apr. 11 Photo Critique and Lightroom Workshop Apr. 18 Projected Image Competition with Elizabeth “Lisa” Ryan Apr. 25 Education Program - “Photographiing Birds of Massachusetts” with Shawn Carey Apr. 26 Field Trip to Metropolitan Waterworks Museum, Chestnut Hill, MA Apr. 28-30 Panorama Lecture and Workshop with Vincent Lawrence Latimer Print Competition — Tuesday, April 4 Submission deadline: Saturday, April 1, 11:30 pm Social time, setup & hang prints: 6:30 – 7:10 pm Voting: 7:10 – 7:30 pm Judge’s presentation and critique: 7:30 pm Categories: Open A; Open B; On the Beach; Night in the City Prints must be in place not later than 7:10 pm. Members in good standing may enter up to three images total in any three categories, with no more than two images in any one category, in accordance with BCC Competi- tion Rules. Prints must be mounted and preferably matted. Maximum overall size for print and mount may not exceed 16”x20.” Prints must also be labeled on the back with name, title, and category. Competition Definitions: On the Beach: Photos for this category should portray beach scenes, but should be more than just a beach landscape. There should be people or objects (other than stones rocks, or sand) that are literally “on the beach.” 1 Night in the City: Photographs must clearly represent a vision of a large city at night. The principal limitation is that they must have been taken long after the sun has gone down or long before it has risen. Sunset or sun- rise image, or images that have any hint of daylight will not be allowed. These images may or may not include people; they may focus on human activity, buildings, or infrastructure. Try to tell a story. Judge: Bruce Myren Bruce Myren is an artist and photographer based in Cambridge, MA. He holds a BFA in photography from Massachusetts College of Art and Design and earned his MFA in studio art from the University of Connecticut, Storrs in 2009. Shown nationally and published internationally, Myren’s work has been featured in Fraction Magazine, afterimage, and View Camera Magazine as well as in group exhi- bitions at the Phoenix Art Museum, RISD Museum’s Chace Center, Houston Center of Photography, and the William Benton Museum of Art, among others. His numerous Image @Susan Lapides. solo exhibitions include showings at the University of the Arts, Danforth Museum of Art, and Gallery Kayafas in Boston, where he is represented. In 2012, he launched a successful Kickstarter fundraiser to complete his project “The Fortieth Parallel” and it has since been highlighted in the Huffington Post, Petapixel, Slate, Slate France, and the Discovery Channel online. Myren has presented on panels at the national conferences of the College Art Association and the Society for Photographic Education, spoken at colleges across the country as a visiting artist, and served as a ju- ror for exhibitions at the Griffin Museum of Photography and Magenta Foundation’s Flash Forward Festival. He is a recipient of a 2014 Cambridge Arts Council Grant. Currently, Myren works at the Boston Public Library’s Digital Lab and Palm Press and teaches at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and Northeastern Uni- versity. Recently, he was a Visiting Lecturer at Amherst College and a Critic at the Rhode Island School of Design. He is the Chair of the Northeast Region of the Society for Photographic Education and is on the board of directors of the Photographic Resource Center. Image © Bruce Myren. In his work, Myren investigates issues of place and space, often via the exploration and employment of loca- tive systems, either literal or metaphoric. Myren’s recent series include an investigation of the Fortieth Parallel of latitude; a new project on the legendary Washington Elm and its scions; a piece that documents the view from every place he has lived to where he lives now; and a study of the poet Robert Francis’s one-person house in the woods of Amherst, MA. http://www.brucemyren.com Photo Critique/Lightroom Workshop: Tuesday, April 11 Time: 7 - 9:30 pm, Undercroft at All Saints Parish Submission deadline: Monday, April 10, 12 noon You’ll have the opportunity to receive an informal critique of your photographs and learn how to improve and manipulate them in Lightroom. We encourage the participation of members - please submit images and make suggestions for critical improvements to all images presented. The group is open to members of all lev- els. To upload images go to Club Programs>Photo Critique on the website. If logged in go to http://bostoncameraclub.org/d/d1d494eb-fccb-464f-a2aa-c5bf9caa72fd. 2 Model Studio: Tuesday, April 11 Time: 7 - 9:30 pm, Undercroft at All Saints Parish The BCC meeting room will be converted to a Photo Studio with lighting, backgrounds, and models to pose for Portraits / Fashion. Bring your camera! Help will be available to show you how to sync your camera with our strobes & continuing lighting. There will be several different lighting setups and models available. Please email Gordon Yu at bccmoy@gmail. com or Donald Jin at [email protected] if you have any questions. Image © Erik Gehring. Projected Image Competition: Tuesday, April 18 Time: 7 - 9:30 pm Submission deadline: Saturday, April 8, 11:30 pm Categories: Open A; Open B; Repetition; Waterfalls Competition Definitions: Repetition The image will have pattern repetition as its principal subject, be it in nature or otherwise. Waterfalls The image will have a waterfall, large or small, as its principal subject. Note that you do NOT have to follow PSA Nature rules for this competition. Judge: Elizabeth “Lisa” Ryan My family has been involved in the arts for several generations. One of my grandfathers was the painter John Graham, who was active in the art scene in New York in the 1930s. My other grandfather collected the works of the Danish Impressionists for what is now the Glypotek Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark. Growing up surrounded by these won- derful works of art, I took lessons in drawing and painting from a very early age. I graduated from Pratt Institute of Art in 1973. After a stint working as a photographer’s assistant in New York, I moved to Boston to study art therapy. This led to a career in psychology. I came back to photography with the advent of digital cameras in 2002. I am a member of the Dux- bury Camera Club, and have served on the steering committee and as a club officer. In 2013 I became a gallery artist for the Plymouth Art Guild. I am also a founding member of the Images Group. As a result of taking workshops with Lance Keimig and Kevin Adams, I became increasingly fascinated with night photography. I am now the co-organizer of the Greater Boston Night Photographers. My work has been published in South Shore Living, Early American Life, and in AAA’s Horizons. Online publications and awards include a NASA Astrophotograph of the Day, and and inclusion the the “100 Best Astro- photographs of 2016” on Space.com. In 2016 I co-curated an exhibit “Night Becomes Us” at the Art Complex Museum in Duxbury. My work was shown along with the work of 11 other night photographers, from 9/2016 through 1/2017. Images © Lisa Ryan. I am a workshop leader, lecturer and judge for local camera clubs. http://www.imagesgroup.photos/Lisa 3 Field Trip to Metropolitan Waterworks Museum, Chestnut Hill, MA: WEDNESDAY, April 26 Time: 7 pm at the Waterworks Museum; led by Jürgen Lobert. Very limited space, only wiating list is currently avaialble. To sign up for field trips (and get immediate notice when they are scheduled) you must join our Meetup Group at http://www.meetup.com/BCCevents/. There is no extra fee for BCC members! 4 A SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM SPONSORED BY THE NEWTON AND BOSTON CAMERA CLUBS www.newtoncc.org | www.bostoncameraclub.org Panorama Presentation & Workshop Presented by Vincent Lawrence http://acadiaimages.com April 28-30, 2017 Images © Vincent Lawrence Panorama Presentation: Photographer Vincent Lawrence is a native Overview & Tutorial of Panorama Techniques & Pitfalls of Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park, Friday, April 28, 7:30-9pm Maine. An avid adventurer, he has taken his cam- First Parish Church [FPC] Sanctuary, 35 Church St, Watertown, MA era into remote wilderness areas around The presentation is open to all but is required for participants of the world. Vincent has been a Photoshop workshop. user since 1999: post-processing ranks high on his priority list of photographic A ‘1-day’ Panorama Workshop: workflow and he thoroughly enjoys teach- Offered Saturday April 29 & Sunday April 30 ing on the topic. Location: MIT Building 54 He owns and operates Acadia Images Time: 10am – 5pm [lunch break 12-1pm] Photography Workshops, teaching nature Maximum # registrants: 8/workshop [total 16 for weekend] and landscape photography in Acadia, Registration Fee: $95 [pay online] including special classes on panoramas and night sky photography. If weather is favorable, participants will practice panorama photog- www.acadiaimages.com raphy of Boston Skyline from MIT side of Charles River & around MIT Campus. If inclement weather, panorama practice photography will be inside MIT Building 54. Additional bonus: Registrants are welcome to continue panoramic shooting with Vincent at sunset of Boston skyline over Charles.